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[scourgingstars]

I simply can not tolerate this anymore.

[ardyn it's like midnight what are you doing]

I have done all the gods demanded of me for good and for ill, only to find my thanks is to be cursed with this horrid mortality in a realm so peaceful it makes me sick. For a time I thought it some brief amusement, but the longer I spend trapped here I only detest it all the more.

How do any of you stand this monotonous madness?

[video]

[talkyourwayout]

Try to hold it steady, Topaz.

[Unfortunately, while Louie's Scrafty is managing to hold the Pokegear steady throughout the video, he's also holding it diagonally, creating an odd angle for the footage.

Louie is inside a Pokemon Center, with a Golbat and a Quagsire on either side of him, and a Castform held in front of him in his arms.]

I know a few people have gone back home lately, and my brother did, too. [Though what's most clear on his face is exhaustion, there's clear sadness in his eyes, in the rare moments where he glances up from the Castform to look into the camera.] His Pokemon are with me now, but I can't take care of all of them and my team. Plus, Huey would definitely want them to do some traveling and experience new things, so... If anyone wants to take care of Furi, the Golbat here, or Aztec, who's the Quagsire, let me know and we can talk about it.

...Right, there's also a Meowstic. His name is Chaos Theory; we call him Theo, too. The Castform is staying with me, though.

[He sighs softly, taking a moment to organize his thoughts. He knows it'll be weird not to say more about his brother and best friend leaving, and not just to those who watch this. He needs to do it for himself, too.]

It's going to be really weird not having him here, now. It wasn't so bad being the only one from home when I started training, but after traveling with Huey so much... I don't know, having someone to talk to was nice.

[video, backdated to 9/24]

[strikesachord]

[Gobo waves with his free hand, the other holding the Pokegear. He's still on the Sevii Islands, on the beach at the moment, and his team can be seen playing in the sand and surf behind him.]

Well, what do you know? [He chuckles.] My birthday's come around.

I'll be honest, I've never been away from my friends on my birthday before, and it doesn't exactly feel like the right time to throw myself a party. But I'm thinking I'd still like to ask for a gift, in a sense... I'd like to meet other folks' Pokemon, if you're willing to introduce me. Show me one of your partners and tell me a bit about 'em, and an adventure you two have had together!